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Saturday, April 12, 2008

Camera Critters #1 Home on the Range

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For my first post I am using the Bison,Or Buffalo, which ever you prefer to call them.This was taken at the National Bison Range in Montana on our way to Glacier National Park.The National Bison Range was established with the first Congressional appropriations ever made for the purchase of lands for a national wildlife refuge.The original herd of bison, released in 1909, was purchased with private money from the American Bison Society; the herd was then donated to the Range. The National Bison Range helped bring the bison back from the edge of extinction. Today, 350 to 500 bison call the Range home.

It has been so long since I have seen Bison. I saw them about 10 years ago in the Okanagan game Farm before that was taken out of operation in Penticton so this is neat seeing these photos... very nice post!!

These are such majestic creatures in my opinion. They surely make a big presence. When I was growing up, there was a farm in one of the adjoining towns, which had some buffalo... I was always so excited to see them when we drove by the farm. I must admit though, I would be quite nervous seeing them this close. My uncle raised them in Tennessee for awhile, and he told me they can be very dangerous (like the sign says).

Thank you SO much for joining Camera-Critters. This is absolutely a perfect post for CC! I can't wait to see more of your critter photos each week!

We were at Yellowstone a few years ago and left via Montana. The next year we visited Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. It's such beautiful country out there! I'll be posting some buffalo pictures in coming weeks. :)

It really is something to see a whole group of them, isn't it? We went to Rapid City, SD about a year and a half ago, and drove through Custer State Park to see the wildlife. I had never seen buffalo like this before.

What a fine first choice!I've been fortunate enough to see buffalo in the flesh in Canada - very impressive beasts.Have also been to Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump, where the idians use to drive the animals over the cliff. The interpretive centre there was fascinating.

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